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1) Jupiter
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the appearance, climate, moons, and exploration of the largest planet in the solar system.
2) Earth
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the planet Earth, exploring its composition, early ideas about its shape and position in the solar system, current theories about its creation, and its important relationship with the moon.
3) Saturn
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Examines the physical characteristics and conditions of Saturn, describing its position in relation to the sun and other planets and surveying humanity's attempts to penetrate its mysteries.
4) Uranus
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses the discovery, rotation, unique tilt, rings, moons, and other aspects of the seventh planet from the sun.
5) Neptune
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1999]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the eighth planet from the sun, Neptune, and its orbit, rotation, gassy surface, rings, moons, and the visit by the Voyager 2 probe.
6) Venus
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Discusses our early ideas about the planet Venus, what we have discovered about its true nature, and what we may learn from it in the future.
7) Mercury
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Describes the orbit, rotation, temperature, and surface formations of the planet Mercury and the probe Mariner X that took pictures of it in 1974 and 1975.
8) Mars
Author
Series
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[1998]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Simple facts about the Red Planet such as its orbit, atmosphere, and terrain, as well as the outcomes of explorations such as the Pathfinder Mission.
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